Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09

ing, Of Msrie Antoinettc, or Joan Ct
Arc.
Again, remark, it Is woman's right to
bring to US the kingdom of heaven. It
Is easier for q woman TO be a Christian
than for man. Why? You say she is
weaker. No. Her heErt is more respor-
sive to the pleadings Of Divine love. she
is in vast maj oritY. The FACT that she csn
more easily become Christian, prove
By the statement that three.fourtts of the
members Of the churches in ell ChriSten-
dom arc women. SO God appoints
them 20 be the chief agencies for bringing
this world back TO God. l may and here
ana say the soul is immortal. There is Z
man who will refute il. l may stsnd here
and say we are lost and urdone without
Christ, There is 3 man who viii refute
1t. | may stand here snd say there will
be Judgment day otter Z while. YOndeT
is some one who will retute IT, But g
Christian woman n Cnrlstisn household,
living in the faith and the consistency Of
Chri5t's G0epel-nobodv can refute that.
The greatest sermons are not preached On
celebrated platforms; they are preached
with 81 audience CT two or three, and in
private rome life. a consistent, corse-
Grated Christian service is an unansWer-
cble demonstration of Gods truth. A
sailor came slipping down the Tatline one
night,ss though something had happened.
ana the sailors cried "Wh9ps the mat
terf" He said "My mothers prayers
haunt me like g6ost." Home iuhu-
ences, cOnseCrated, Christian home irhu-
eLces, are the
MIGHTIgST OF ALL INFLUENCES
upon the soul. There are men here to-
DAY VINO have maintained their integrity,
not because they were a1y better natural
iy than some other people, but because
there were home influences praying fer
them all the time. They got G coed start.
they were launched on the W0rId with the
e uGdiCtiOnS Of 4 CdrIstian mother. They
may track Siberian SHOWS, they msy
plunge IN African iuGgIes, taey may fly 10
the eer.h's end-they c&ruot 90 SO faraud
30 last but the prayers will keep UP with
them.
l stand before women, to-day, who
have the eternal salvation CT their hus-
bands in their right hGnd. GA the mar
riage-day you took an oath before men
ard angels that you would be faithful ard
kind until dea.h did you part, and be
Ii5ve you are going 10 keep that osth; but
after that parting st the door of the
grave, will it be al eternal seper-
stiCL? IS there any such thing as an i'm
mortal marriage, making the flowers that
grow on the top Of the sepulchra brighter
than the gar!aGds which a. the marriage
banquet h)Odcd the air with ar01na?
Yes; l stand here rs g priest Of the most
high God, 10 proclaim the banns Of al
immortal union for SlI those who ioin
hands in the grace Of Christ. O, woman,
is your husband, your father, your son
away from God? The Lord de-
mRnds their redemption at your hands.
Thare are prayers for you to offer, their
ere eNortation5 for you TO give, there are
examples for you to set, and say now,
as Paul said to the Corinthian woman:
What knowest thou, O woman, but
thou Canst save thy hu5band?"
4 man was dying; and he said to his
wife: "R9becCG, you wouldn't let me
have family prayers; and you laughed
about sll thst, and you got me away into
WOrldipess; and now am going to die,
and my fate is sealed, and you are the
cause OF my ruin" o woman, what
EnOWest thou but what thou canst destroy
ny husband: Are there not some here
VINO have kindly inhaences a. home? Are
there not some here who have
WANDERED FAR AWAY
frCm God, VINO can remember the Chris
yiGn influence in their early home? Do
not despise those Influences, my brother.
II yOu die without Christ, what will you
do with your mothers prayers, with your
wfe's opportunities, with your SISTERS
entreaties? What Will yOu do the letters
they used 10 write to you, with the mem
ory OF those days when they attended
you SO kindly in time of sickness? Oh,
if there be Just one strand holding you
from floating of on that dark SEES, |
would lust like, this morning, 20 take
hold OF that strand and pull you to the
beach For the sake OF your wife's God,
fer the sake Of your mothers God, for
the sake of your daughters God, for the
sake # your sisters God, come this day
aud be saved.
Lastly: l wish to say that one of the
specific rights of womsn is, through the
grace Of Christ, flSlly TO re&ch heaven
o, Whist a multitude OF women in
heaven, Mary, Christ's mother, in
heaven Elizabeth Fry in heaven; Char
lotte Elizabeth in heaven; the mother of
Augustine in heaven; the Countess of
Huntingdon-who sold her splendid
:
while 2 great many others who have
never been heard of on earth, or known
but little, have gone into the rest and
peace Of heaven. What { rest, What g
change it was from the small room, with
no tire and one window, the glass broken
out, and the aching side, snd worn out
eyes, TO the "house of many mansions :"
No mole stitching until - o'clock at
night, no more tnrusting OF the thumb by
the employer through the work to show
il vas not done quite right. Plenty of
bread Of last. Heaven for aching heads.
Heaven
FOR BROKEN HEARTS.
Heaven for anguish bitten frames. No
more sitting up until midnight for the
comirg OF staggering steps. No more
rough blows across the temples. No
more sharp, keen, bitter curses. Some
of you will have no rest in this world. 1t
will be toll, ana struggle, and suffering,
all the way up. You Will have to stand
st your door lighting back the wolf with
your own hand, red with carnage. But
God has a crown for you. l want to real
Z9 this morning that He is now making
1t, and whenever you weep tear He sets
another gem in that crown; whenever
you have pang Of body or soul he puts
ano' her gem in that crown, until, after 8
while, in an the tiara there will be no
room for another spleIdOr, and
! God will say 10 His angel: "The crown
is done let her up thst she may wear it -
And as the Lord of Righteousness puts the
crown upon your brow, angel will cry TO
angel: "Who is she?" AID Christ will
+ say: az viii tell you who she is. She